{"data":{"id":"us-ca/pen-243.25","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PEN § 243.25","heading":"","body":"When a battery is committed against the person of an elder or a dependent adult as defined in Section 368, with knowledge that he or she is an elder or a dependent adult, the offense shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed two thousand dollars ($2,000), or by imprisonment in a county jail not to exceed one year, or by both that fine and imprisonment.","path":["Penal Code - PEN","PART 1. OF CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS [25. - 680.4.]","TITLE 8. OF CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON [187. - 248.]","CHAPTER 9. Assault and Battery [240. - 248.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"000ee81c63c443febdae1b9358ccc398f111911d273dda8127c80fc3507137ad","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/pen-243.2","next":"us-ca/pen-243.3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}